"A Stitch in Times Saves Nine" is a well known proverb. It is frequently used in conversation. It passes on from one hand to another like a current coin. It means that evil should be nipped in the bud‚ and thus much future trouble would be avoided. A cloth which is torn must be stitched at once for otherwise the torn portion would increase in size and many more stitches would be required. Similarly‚ in every walk of life things must be set right in the very beginning in order to avoid much future
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INTRODUCTION Critics and literary artists have argued that writing is not a precondition before having an interesting oral narrative. There were oral narratives before writing came to Africa. Chinweizu & co. insist that we have oral narrative in Africa before people like Amos Tutuola began to write. Oral tradition is as old as man himself. DEFINITION OF AFRICAN ORAL NARRATIVES/ ORAL TRADITION The definition of African oral literature is both paradoxically complex and simple. The definition
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good or bad‚ hardworking or lazy‚ careful or careless‚ an achiever or a loafer. It is the mother who moulds the child into a great leader. So we can say that it is the mother who trains the little one to rule the world in future. The often quoted proverb underlines a mother’s influence on the growing child.Children usually grow up in the care of their mothers. For a baby his mother fondly feeds him with milk‚ pats him and cradles him. The baby is lulled to sleep in the fond hands of its mother. The
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Nirali Rawal Brenda Williams Honors English 1 June 2013 Chinese Proverb I sit there bored to death‚ waiting for my teacher to start teaching. "When will he speak?" I thought to myself. Tick tock the time went by. Five minutes later‚ he proceeded to talk about what we were going to learn that day- the concept of velocity. I continued to sit there‚ zoning out‚ uninterested on what he had to say and FINALLY the bell rang! I approached to my next class and realized the Mr
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relationship physically and emotionally. He doesn’t even “go near the door” of temptation (Proverbs 5:8-9) and seeks to avoid even the appearance of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:22) 3. He is patient and slow to anger. Save the drama for some other mama. Seriously! You’ll be grateful for “even Steven” the rest of your days. “A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict‚ but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.” Proverbs 15:18 4. He believes in forever. As we talked about previously—marriage is a testimony
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on‚ he cannot acquire through knowledge in any field. We should have a specific aim in life and work constantly for it with a strength of character. Thus the message conveyed by the proverb is that steadiness of purpose is the key to success. Why a stone should want to gather moss‚ it is hard to say. But the proverb is an old one‚ and everyone knows what it means. The "rolling stone" is the man who is always changing his occupations and pursuits‚ and never settles down steady to anything. Popular
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No RW-1 RW-2 RW-3 RW-4 (Web address) (only if relevant to the course) http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm www.englishdaily626.com/proverbs.php www.about.com www.englishteacher.com Salient Features Compound Words List of Idioms and Proverbs Grammar related Relevant Grammar topics LTP week distribution: (LTP Weeks) Weeks before MTE Weeks After MTE Spill Over 7 7 2 Detailed Plan For Lectures Week Number Lecture Number Broad Topic(Sub Topic) Chapters/Sections of Text/reference books
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teacher should know”. 1990:211 ). An ancient proverb says‚ “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and he eats for a lifetime”. 1. Explain what this saying means to you in the area of language learning and teaching. Give examples from your own experience‚ justifying these and backing them up with information from the subject and from your outside readings. Now consider Tyacke and Mendelsohn’s (1986:178) response to this proverb: “But just as there are many different kinds
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TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NONE This is a very simple‚ clear and self-explanatory proverb. It means that time and tide do not wait for anybody. Time goes on passing without caring for anybody and anything. Similarly tides occur ; they have no regard or consideration for anybody. Time and tide symbolise valuable opportunity. They occur without any notice. The essence of the proverb is that opportunities do not wait for anyone. No one can command or foretell their occurrence or recurrence. One should
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living this proverb. So‚ firstly‚ let’s state the proverb again to provide clarity upon all further points‚ and I quote‚ “You can get to the ends of the world on a lie‚ but you cannot return.” Now‚ what does this proverb mean? This is a valuable question and one that is pertinent to what this paragraph is trying to do‚ on the grounds that we first need to scrutinize the smaller pictures before weaving them together to provide a broader story overall. So when you first review the proverb you of course
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